Hmm,
Mow I have an error as soon as I try to start from the launcher, I get the taleworlds screen then before the Brytenwalda loading screen I get the following error message popup:
Generic application error. Enable debug output for detailed information.
Switching to reference rasterizer, a software device that implements the entire Direct3D feature set, but runs very slowly.
I then get black screen (windowed, without it set in settings) and it crashes to desktop.
This happens with BW, native, and Napoleonic, I also tried With Fire and Sword and original M&B and they all crashed - I got them all in a package from Steam a few years back.
Initially, there was a pop up before the crash after the first one saying something about download DirectX SDK.
I did this, there was no noticable change except the second pop up stopped.
I dont know if it may be related, but I had a steam update install this morning, before this I had no problems with playing the game.
It seems to be a DirectX issue of some sort, Should I download Direct X 9 End time run user? I have been using DirectX 7 from the launcher as the performance is much better than DirectX 9, so not sure if this will make a difference.
Thanks for any suggestions or advice, I have tried to reduce all graphics settings and set single core in the launcher already and none of this has helped.